10Synonyms found for undertaken

Word Origin & History

undertake c.1200, "to entrap," in the same sense as O.E. underniman (cf. Du. ondernemen, Ger. unternehmen), of which it is a partial loan-translation, from under + take. Cf. also Fr. entreprendre "to undertake," from entre "between, among" + prendre "to take." The under in this word may be the same one that also may form the first element of understand. Meaning "to accept" is attested from mid-13c.; that of "to take upon oneself, to accept the duty of" is from c.1300. Undertaking "enterprise" is recorded from early 15c.

Example Sentences for undertaken

Eggleston had undertaken it without realizing its greatness.

While there should be no surrender of principle, our task must be undertaken wisely and without heedless vindictiveness.

Nor was it undertaken with the narrow ambition of the pedant.

Predictions for the world's second-most-populous continent should be undertaken with caution.

The deleveraging in question is undertaken by private actors, not governments.

And so large a change should be undertaken only for a system that can be defended on its own merits.

Triangle has undertaken a second restructuring over the past five years, to prepare for a public offering.

Out of this intensity, positive changes are occurring-many of them undertaken by for-profits themselves.

Take the case of a project undertaken by the academic music community.

Attending to relationship mapping is but one of the important responsibilities that must be undertaken by the transition manager.